"Difference? No, it's not a difference, it's just a little conflict." The old duke smiled self-deprecatingly, "Power is something that cannot be shared by others. It has been like this from ancient times to the present. I know very well that people like me who manage power will often not end up in the end unless they die early, so I have always been very careful. My attitude towards him has never been like a real god of children, but from beginning to end, it seems that he is treating His Majesty the Emperor."

"I never act arbitrary. I have to report to him clearly whether he understands it or not. If he doesn't understand, I will sort out and explain it to him until he understands it. Over the years, every decision I made has not been hidden from him, and I never thought of skipping his own decisions. Differences? Oh, how could it be? I have always played an assistant, assisting him in controlling the country, like a crutch. Will you have a difference with your own crutch? So there is no disagreement between us. For more than 40 years, I can sit in this position for more than 40 years, which actually means everything."

"You are very cautious." Xiu nodded thoughtfully, "It is not easy to do this."

"It's not just that, you have to be careful every step, just like stepping on a floating bridge. Once you take a wrong step, not only will I have problems, but even the entire family will decline." The old duke fell into memories and said with a confused look on his face. "Fortunately, Leon is a capable emperor, and his personality is also good among the emperors. At least he is sensible, so as long as I keep being cautious and not overestimate my duty, he will not have any ideas about me. Haha, after all, I am still very useful."

It is not just useful, it is too useful. A silver fox duke does more for the Emerald Empire than ten ordinary dukes. As for the effect it brings to the empire, it is even greater than that of all other nobles. Such capable ministers, as long as there are no principled mistakes, even if there are some small differences and small contradictions, the power can tolerate it.

"But even so, after he brought the crown, there was still a conflict between us. There was no way, my power was too great, so great that it might threaten his status. As an emperor, even if I didn't have that kind of idea, he couldn't feel at ease. In order to calm her heart, I also tried to give up some power, but Leon disagreed. He was not at ease with me, but he needed me to be unable to leave me. Haha, this child is also a very conflicted person."

"Actually, it's not a problem of too much power. People with greater power than emperors. I have also read in the history of my hometown that the upper and lower levels can still get along well. I think the key problem is that you have no enemies. Tsk, no one is fighting against you, which means you have no checks and balances. Once you lose the checks and balances, the situation will soon be out of control."

"You understand this truth too, haha, I was in my fifties and when my suspicion with Leon became more and more serious, I figured it out."

"So, are you going to find an opponent for yourself? Unfortunately, sometimes it is not easy to find an opponent."

"Yes, it's not easy. I can't find someone who will have a destructive impact on the political situation and oppose me. That would have hurt the empire too much, and Leon could not tolerate such a result. Moreover, at that time, my power was already great. All the nobles, whether true or false, were vassals behind me. It was impossible for me to be opposed without affecting the overall situation. So..."

"So in the end you turned your attention to the Legion, which is a very good choice."

"The senior officials in the army have very little interference in government affairs. Even if the conflicts between the two sides are deep, because they are two systems, they will not affect the normal operation of government affairs. The military power they hold is a decisive force. The opposition between them and me is enough to reassure Leon, well, and I can also reassure him."

"But for no reason, it is impossible for others to fight against you." Shuer said with a smile, "You have a high position and power, and at least on the surface, you are highly respected by the old lion. There is no benefit in fighting against you, and you will be suppressed by the emperor at any time. They are not fools, and there is no benefit in things, how can you be willing to cooperate with you?"

"Don't you already know, so I need an opportunity."

"Well, family conflicts are a very good reason. Haha, marrying your daughter to Earl Sallivan, who is actually not suitable for personality, will definitely break down in a few years. Take this opportunity to rebel against each other and become enemies. If you show a stronger attitude, he will have to win over some colleagues in the army to fight you together. In this way, if the opposing camp is established, the old lion can rest assured and you can sleep, it is just that he has pitiful Savre's mother and has become a disgraceful prop."

"Hahaha, young man, you don't have to mock me. You can see these things so thoroughly. Obviously, you have had many stories before. I ask you, if it were you, in my situation, would you make the same choice?"

"Although I don't have a daughter, I have a sister that can be compared. I think if I really love my daughter, I will never let her be a prop. Whoever dares to force me to do such a thing will blow his head, haha, just like I did back then."

"Okay, I'm very courageous. It might be a good choice to hand over Little Suff to you." The old duke suddenly sighed, "But what if I tell you that she was asking for it to be a prop?"

Shuer was speechless and could only shut up.

"I can see that you really like Little Suff, so you will think about what she hadn't thought about. This time I came to Lion City, I also planned to get back the previous debt for her." The old man shook his head and said, "But the matter of her mother Tina is very complicated. No one is innocent. I, Sallivan, and Tina herself, are not innocent people. The only one who is truly innocent is Xiao Suff."

"Tina has a strong strength, and she has been smart and confident since she was a child, and dared to think and do it. This idea was given to me, and it became a key link. She also asked for it on her own initiative. Even the connection between me and Sallivan was the time to convey information. It can be said that in order to share my worries, Tina created the final result."

"Huh." Shuer breathed a sigh of relief, and things were indeed more complicated than expected, "Ms. Tinna's death..."

"It was indeed a recurrence of an old injury. No one expected that Tina, who had been so strong, fell down without warning and did not give anyone a chance to be mentally prepared. No one wanted to see her death. I always thought that it was after she married, because of her depression, that the injury would aggravate. If I had known that she would die because of this, I would never let her participate."

"As for Sallivan, I can't say whether he was hoping that Tina would die, but I can be sure that he did not take action at least."

“That is, accident?”

"Yeah, an accident."

"Okay." Shure found that his previous thoughts were very deviant and said with a wry smile, "Then between you and Earl Sallivan..."

"That idiot, you didn't even get any wrong with him." The duke's face froze when he mentioned Sav's father's name and said hatefully, "Tina and I overestimate him."

"At the beginning, I always thought that everyone was tacitly informed, and he created the illusion of intensifying conflicts with Tina, and then both sides took this opportunity to turn against each other. He would get Leon's support and my secret cooperation, and I got an opposing camp that would reassure Leon. Until Tina passed away, I still thought so, but later I realized that his hatred for me was not a performance, he really hated me and Suff."

"Why?"

"Hmph, because he felt that what he had experienced in those years was a deep shame."

"Ha? Does he have logic?" Although he has seen all kinds of weird things, Shuer still cannot understand this idea. "What shame does he have for mutual benefit?"

"He is a standard Emerald Emerald soldier, rigid, arrogant, attaches importance to status differences and advocates authority. In his world, contact between people is only orders and obedience. He believes that whether it is his wife or children, he must obey his orders unconditionally like his soldiers. Any act that violates his orders is a provocation to his authority and he will absolutely not tolerate it."

"I know." Shur sneered, "Who is he? Sassa has told me a long time ago."

"But, in their marriage, Tina represents me and has a higher status than him. In addition, Tina has been strong since childhood, she ignores his so-called orders and even goes to war with him head-on."

"Wait, wait." Shuer interrupted the old man's memory, "Didn't this be arranged by you long ago? He also agreed."

"Yes, we all know that this is arranged, but the bystanders don't know, and the bystanders will think that he is a useless waste."

"Ha? Who would think so?"

"At least he thinks that someone will think so. Haha, Tina and I underestimate his extreme heart." The old duke sneered, "He thinks that no matter what the purpose is, since he is with him as his wife, he must obey his orders, otherwise it would be a great shame to be seen by outsiders. But Tina not only disobeyed him, but also dared to fight him head-on, which made his hatred deeper and deeper. Unfortunately, in order to climb higher, he kept trying to hide this hatred, so that Tina and I thought at the beginning that he was just cooperating with her performance. When his hatred could not be hidden, Tina found that it was too late, and the plan that had begun could not be stopped, so we could only continue to perform."
Chapter completed!